Slow Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut with Apples

Ingredients

• 6 thick-cut pork chops
• 4 tart apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 large onion, sliced
• Water to cover
• 1 quart sauerkraut
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, or to taste

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops in hot skillet, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Drain.

Arrange apples and onion in the bottom of a slow cooker; top with browned pork chops. Pour in enough water to cover bottom of the slow cooker crock.

Cook on High for 3 hours (or on Low for 6 hours). Add sauerkraut and fennel seed to pork chop mixture. Cook for 1 more hour.